Saturday, November 30, 2013

Here f***in sick
brutal death metal from California-USA....the band is called ‘FLESH CONSUMED’
formed in 2003. With first members: Corey Athos: Guitars, Vocals, Curtis
Budetti: Bass, Alex Cortez: Drums and Jeff Russel: Guitars. They have released
some f***in sick Ep, Demo and Full Length Albums....such as : Inhuman Butchery
EP 2006, Demo 2007, ....Mutilated, Eviscerate, Decapitate Full Length 2008, New
Order of Intelligence EP 2009, Ecliptic Dimensions of Suffering Full Length
2010. And this time, they’re still preparing new f***in tracks for their new
album ‘Hymn for the Leeches’ also with f***in sick new members. I bet the new
album will gonna be killer than before.....because the new members is really
f***in sick musician. Well....this time i have chance to do an interview with
Corey Athos as founder of Flesh Consumed, let’s read it now ....

John
Yoedi : Hi Corey, How are you there ? It has been long time.
We haven’t talked since i have ordered Flesh Consumed
t-shirt hahaha and thanks for giving me a chance and agreeing to this interview. Anyway, are there new news from your band
‘Flesh Consumed’ at the moment ?

Corey
Athos : Hey John, what’s up brother? Thank you so much for the interview. Flesh Consumed has a lot of stuff going on
right now. We are currently writing for
the new album “Hymn for the Leeches” and celebrating our 10-year anniversary.

JY
: Would you like to introduce the new
line up from Flesh Consumed?
I see they’re all sickness musicians.

CA
: We have Eric Cohen (ex-Arkaik), Brent Williams
(Atrocious Abnormality) on the kit, Shaune Kelley (Dim Mak, Ripping Corpse,
ex-Hate Eternal) on guitar, and myself doing vocals. This lineup is some of the most talented
musicians and I am honored to work with them.

JY
: You formed the band in 2003 and there were many problem with your band especially
problems
with guitars, bass and drums…. And every album the members changed. Well, only you
as original member until now since Ep 2006 ‘Inhuman Butchery’. If you don’t
mind, would you like to tell us what was
happened? And how confident are you feeling that this new lineup is the right
one?

CA
: There have been many, many lineup changes with myself
being the only original member. Either
I have had problems with them or vice versa.
I am a very hard worker and when people don’t reciprocate, I have had
the tendency to engage in conflict. Some
people can’t take it, some people can.
It’s hard running a band without stepping on people’s toes. Regardless I have slowly gained more patience
over the years and this new lineup are hardworking musicians and, most of all,
good friends.

JY
: Well, I know
it must be very frustrating trying to
get an album together with a new team so often, intentional or not! For
instance, you have, I believe, had a
different drummer, bassist and
guitarist on every album. How do you manage to adapt to things and get the job
done?

CA
: I’m a madman…haha. I just do what I have to do. It’s either that or the band breaks up. Not even the apocalypse can keep Flesh Consumed
down.

JY
: All albums
from Flesh Consumed have beenreleased
by Sevared Records and Uniqueleader, as I know, they are really great labels for brutal death metal bands in the
world. And also they have an excellent distribution system. How far are you
into the contract your signed? And what kind of label would you consider
signing with ?

CA
: I’ve wanted to be on Unique Leader since 2001 and that
finally came to fruition. Barrett at
Sevared gave us a chance and got the band in the circuit and I am forever in
debt to him for the work he did for Flesh Consumed. We are currently signed to Unique Leader for
another album. I’ve always liked Relapse
so I could foresee us going with them but I also like Unique Leader so we will
just have to see how this album goes.

JY
: And who will be releasing for the new album ‘Hymn For The Leeches’? Sevared
Records or Uniquleader Records?

CA
: Unique Leader, but we do have a Flesh Consumed
Collection coming out on Sevared. It is a collection of our EPs and some bonus
live tracks.

JY
: How far do you have to prepare new songs for a new album then? How many songs
will be available for the new album? And are there a host of special guest on
the new album ‘Hymn For The Leeches’?

CA
: It usually takes me about six months to prepare for a
new album, from inception to completion. There will probably be nine tracks
plus interludes. We will have Steve Tucker (ex-Morbid Angel) and of course,
Matti Way (Pathology, Abominable Putridity, Hydrocephalic, ex-Disgorge). We are also looking
for a third spot.

JY : What kinds of things
inspire you musically and lyrically?
Would you say that there are any particular themes that you would like to talk about in your songs, and that
it’s important to have some sort of messasge to put forward in your music?

CA
: This new album is about absolute power! Reining supreme over these sycophants. People
have leeched off me in the past so this is a song to them, “Hymn for the
Leeches”. Other themes in the past have
been psychosis, bloodshed, multiple dimensional reality, putrefaction, suicide,
sadistic torture, robots, the apocalypse, WWIII and WWIV, etc.

JY : Did all the band
members throw ideas into Flesh Consumed music or did you have one uniform
concept from which you built the picture up gradually ?

CA
: Some were fascinated by it. Some
didn’t care too much about the lyrical concepts, just the music, which I can
respect either way.

JY : Mostly brutal death
metal bands writing lyrical themes about gore, anti-religion, mutilation, torture, rape and
etc. Did you write the lyrical themes, as I said before,and who’s responsible for writing the lyrics?

CA
: I have written about all that excluding religion and rape. Those don’t interest me. Most the straight-forward
gore stuff came at the beginning of my career.
I’m responsible for all the lyrics.

JY
: You have a good deal with Toshiro Egawa for artwork for the new album. As we
know, he is really great artist. How did the deal come about?

CA
: I’ve wanted to work with Toshihiro, for many
years. I heard he stopped doing band art
at one point. Anyway, I saw him on Facebook
and asked him. He said he was into our
stuff so we worked out a deal. I made a
concept in detail and emailed it to him.
Now he’s working on it. I’m
amazed that he was willing to work with us. Real excited.

JY : And how important do
you think the artwork is ? Should there be a certain synergy between the
artwork and the music?

CA
: Yes, the artwork is extremely important.
It is the first thing you see when sifting through CD’s at your local
record store. In my opinion the art and
music should be intertwined.

JY : I want to ask you
about you personally now. When did
you start or choose to play death metal? Which bands, back in the
day, inspired you to start
playing death metal?

CA
: Morbid Angel, Grave, Cannibal Corpse, The Beatles.

JY : You aren’t only
playing in Flesh Consumed but if i am not wrong...you are also playing for some
bands like Hydrocephalic, Funeral Rust, Umbriel and Tortourus ?CA : Hydrocephalic is an amazing band. I got seven of the sickest vocalists together
to do this one project. It’s stressful
but the payoff shall be grand. Torturous
is a real fun project with my friend Junior from Peru and Bryan from Cerebral
Rot. Funeral Rust is on hold but I take a lot of influence from Immolation on
that one. Umbriel was just a project
back in the day. I am also working for
Hepi and Decomposed. There are a few
other bands, too, but my main band is always Flesh Consumed. Period.

JY : Another thing i
wondered about with all your
years of experience within the music business are, what aspects of it you
particularly liked and disliked ?

CA
: I like mostly everything. I’m not
the most patience human being on earth so sometimes that can get me in
trouble. I don’t like getting a van
together for tour, that’s about it.

JY
: Just as a side question, what do you think about
Busuk Webzine?

CA
: It fucking slays!!!

JY
: I know that the overall feedback from both fans and metal media has been
overwhelming. Do you really care what potential fans and musical critics like
me even think of your work ?

CA
: I just try to be true to myself, my ears, and my soul.
I don’t write for anyone else but to tame the wicked beast who dwells
within. If it’s genuine, the fans will
feel that. If not, everyone is entitled
to their own opinion and I respect that.

JY
: Everyone knows USA is a great place to find metal bands and we can see lots
of the sickest
bands
from there. Are you involved with a scene in your local area? Tell us a bit
about this.

CA
: Yes, we were very involved in the local scene, going
to shows, playing shows. Recently I have
moved into the mountains and all the musicians live elsewhere, so it’s a little
harder to go to shows but I will always support underground death metal.

JY : That’s me all out of
questions. Thanks for your time and for answering this interview. Best of luck
for your band. Anything you wish to add to conclude this interview?

CA
: Thanks for the interview John. You’re awesome! Most of all,
thanks to everyone who has supported us and all our fans.

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